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| | Gateway 2.4GHz PC running WinXP SP2. I noticed a few days ago that when I put my PC in standby mode the CPU fan will continue to run for as long as there is power to the machine. If I shut the machine down, of course it stops. A buddy … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Dear All, pleased to meet you. This is my first post on the forums, i hope you can help. My 6 month old PC has a problem, which has now been ongoing for a couple of weeks. I can play games for about 20 minutes before strange things start to … Hardware display first-post |
| | I have a new HP, well it is a year old but just pulled out of the box yesterday. Yesterday the computer was working great but this morning when we went to turn it on there was a power light, fans running, but the HD is not loading. I have … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | This may not be a dead machines problem so pardon me if it's not My brother has a home built machine running Windows Vista RC1 and this problem has only started since having this particular OS installed. He can power it off ok through the usual resources of telling the … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-vista  |
| | I searched the forum a bit yet couldn't anything really close to my problem, so here it is. I have a Gateway laptop (less than a year old with 1 gig ram and an ati 9600 price:about 1600 a year ago - it's the G550 or something). The monitor on … |
| | I just got a computer tonight. It was one that my friend gave me. It was running before she removed a hard drive, and she said that there are two hard drives in it now. I'm completely lost. I need complete help. I made sure that everything that was inside … Hardware hard-drive motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | back in March '03 i purchased a Samsung SyncMaster 955df, it has worked perfectly until recently. the problem is that the power button doesn't seem to respond and i just can't turn it on at all. if you're familiar with this monitor, you'll notice it has a soft bounce/spring sound … Hardware display |
| | This problem started about three months ago when I decided to upgrade my video card. I had an integrated card, and I upgraded to an AGP card. When installing the card, I basically could not get it to work. The card would be in, but the monitor would be blank … Hardware flash troubleshoot-hardware video video-card windows-xp |
| | I am in need of replacing the LCD backlamp. Would anyone know where to find a "how to" site? Hardware display |
| | Installed a second hard drive, computer works as normal, however, it doesn't show up in My Computer and I can't open it, for example, to save a file in. It only shows up when i go into "Device Manager" under "Disk Drives" How can I get it into My Computer? … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | my pc restarts everytime I turn it on..but it only restarts while booting so far i haven't experienced any restarting when i'm already on my desktop..and i've scanned my computer a couple of times already no virus.. is it the power supply? computer: AMD Sempron(tm) processor 2600+ 1.60Ghz, 448mb of … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | My USB ports were working on my new PC (3.0 P4 256MB geforce6600 Xp home) until about three days ago, when they suddenly quit. I have uninstalled and reinstalled them but they still wont aknowledge anything a plug in. The computer itself does find them though. They are still powered … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | I use a laptop and it doesn't have any PS/2 ports only USB. My wife just bought a keyboard for her computer and it came with a PS/2 to USB adapter. Well my USB keyboard is crappin out so I tryed hooking a older PS/2 keyboard up with the adapter … Hardware google laptop pc-peripheral |
| | Hi, I read some of the topics already posted but just needed a 100% confirmations from members if this is ok. At the moment have've got 512mb (2 x 256mb) and what to upgrade to 1gb. I've got an ASUS K8V-MX MB and from checking on crucial website it says … Hardware first-post motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | i have a notebook computer and it is not charging up. i have tried some different chargers and it hasnt worked so its not the charger. can somebody help me figure out how to fix it. will it be cheap or will i have to buy a whole new motherboard … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have an old pc and it shows windows/system32/config/system file missing. I don't know much about pc's and really need to fix this. I don't have any kind of back up cd's or recovery disks(pc was given to me as is) It just would'nt start one day. I have pics … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | Here is the setup. XP MCE 2-320gb hdd set up in raid 1 with the os on one partition along with apps the other partition has the videos and pics etc. If I want to upgrade the os to vista what will I need to do? Am I going to … Hardware storage |
 | Hey, I have a Maxtor III One touch External HDD. Its works.....100%, but it makes like a vibrating noise.....I went to Maxtor.com and went through the diagnostics tests and told me that there was nothing wrong with the HDD. Personally, I agree with them, but I don't think a External … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | :?: Can i install a 1GB DDR2 stick and a 256MB DDR2 stick together in dual channel mode ? If i can't, then tell me to install them in the best possible way for the best performance . Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | can anyone help me , i had my mate on the phone last night with a number of problems , i sorted them all out (which was no easy task over the phone to someone that doesnt know their around a pc ) apart from one problem and that was … Hardware storage |
| | [COLOR=#555555]Hello,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I do not know whether or not to buy two 8MB ATA 133 Hard Drives or a single 16MB cache SATA Hard Drive. I would extremely appreciate any help.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]If I buy the two ATA 133 Hard Drives then I would put it on my motherboards integrated raid (0). … Hardware asp hard-drive storage |
| | I use a MSI motherboard, and currently one single 512MB DDR ram chip. I have two slots on the baord. I want to know if with the existing 512BM card, can i simultaneously use a 1GB chip?? Also, if the above method is not possible, should i go for an … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | Geesh, the title just about says it all. I know its an older machine and good for about nothing, but all we use it for is storage. I know its there, cuz I see it on my network, but I don't have anything shared that I need to get off … Hardware storage troubleshoot-hardware |
| | [COLOR=Black]Hello. I'm a newbie so if I am repeating an old posted question, sorry! I'm adding a RAID1 SATA pair of drives to my machine. My hope is to copy everything from my existing IDE boot drive (currently C: ) and running Windows and evrything else from the new set. … |
| | "How Do I Overclock A Video Card?" How Do I Overclock A Video Card!!!! I hear this question a lot. Not like the Motherboard where you overclock threw jumpers or overclock in the CMOS video cards can and now are a bit different. How do you overclock a video card … Hardware display video video-card |
| | Hello - long time reader, first time poster, I own a HP Pavilion a562n, and recently my power supply light has been blinking and clicking without any boot up. I unplugged all the power cables in the computer, and checked the power supply. Without the cables the power supply light … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Yes i was just working on my sony vaio (making a video from a hockey game) and the screen went black and i cant get it to come back to the desktop. When i restart it says windows is hibernating. does anyone know how to get it off of this … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video  |
| | I recently bought a Seagate ATA 250 GB HD (internal) set the jumpers to master and installed it in a Comp USA enclosure to be used as a backup. HD uses USB connectivity. When plugged in the LED in the enclosure has a constant red on top and a slow … Hardware storage |
| | ive got a new mp3 player/usb storage device and it is not being recgonized when i plug it into the computer.. im on windown xp and have all the updates, when i plug the device in, nothing happens. can anyone help? i'll mail someone 5 bucks if i they can … |
 | So I've always wondered about dual core processors. If you get an intel core 2 duo cpu, 2.5Ghz, does that mean you get twice the clock speed, so you're getting 5Ghz clock speed? Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi. I have an old computer which I haven't used for a long time. It is originally a Packard Bell computer, which I had used beyond its Warranty period and had changed almost every part of the computer (due to it being spoilt) to something of almost equal specs to … Hardware display ide troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Hi All Major problem here. Just wantt to know if anyone has any idea what this might be. The computer was asleep at the time the power went off. Now, if I hit the stratup button, the light comes on as I hold the button down, but that's it, not … Hardware apple-hardware |
| | This is my first post so here goes. I have a emachine M6811 laptop that got the blue screen of death. Running the restore CD worked until it felt like turning itself off and just shut off. I have replaced the hard drive and the restore CD has the same … Hardware first-post hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite M35X. I hear a loud humming sound whenever i turn ON the PC and also when the laptop gets very busy. At normal processor speed the fans noise is very low. Is it due to the dirt in the fan or a malfunctioning fan? How … Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hey gang, I'm at wits end with this thing, was wondering if someone may be able to help. Recently my Windows XP crashed, and upon reboot, it now "hangs" at the Windows loading screen (before the login). I have tried using last known good configuration, and safe modes, and nothing … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I'm desperate!! last night the main fuse box in the house blew out during a thunder storm - i guess a power surge. This morning none of my 6 USB ports will work. Keep getting a power surge on hub port message, have tried reseting all ports, have uninstalled them, … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | In my grandma's PC, the PS just went. It was working fine the one week I was there then the next week......It wouldn't come on.. I imediatly thought it was the PS and installed a different PS, but it wasnt the right size. I managed to get the {S to … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
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| | I have been given a new system which is running windows ME and want to use my current hard drive which has xp as master and the existing h/d as slave. The problem is that I know the previous owner of the ME system used it on the web with … Hardware hard-drive storage  |
| | I have a 20 Gb iPod (3nd generation) and it won't charge it's batteries... What to do... Im getting desperat. I've tried everything, any ideas? -Stuki Hardware apple-hardware |
| | I got a pentium D 820+ 800fsb2mb l2 cache socket 775. Board Asrock Conroe945G-DVI / m/asr Ram Kingston 2 x 512 mb pc2 5300 cl5 240pin kvr667d2n5k2/1g seagate 40g drive samsung dvdburner only onboard graphics only power button connected 350watt powersupply Problem: Powersupply is starting....cpufan is starting... No drives start … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Anyone had any experience with Win Fast mobo's? The local retailer is recommending them but I can't find any reviews on the web. Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a Gateway MP6954 Platinum Edition laptop. In a rush to go to the bathroom, I dropped my book on the keyboard. The "a" key fell out & I have been struggling to put it back in. How can I put my "a" key back? Hardware laptop pc-peripheral  |
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 | Hello, I have a problem everytime I try to exit from the bios.I save the new settings and exit but then it doesn't restart again.It doesn't respond at all(not even the restart button),so I shut it down from the button in the back,the power supply. I have already updated them,but … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi! Can anyone please help me? I have a dell 500m laptop, and it just won't start. There's a green lamp on the power supply and when I put it into the computer, the lamp goes dark. I've also tried starting it with the battery, however no luck :( There … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have installed a 2nd hdd(D) reinstalled winxp in C drive, but xp home installation disk only recognizes diskC, disk manager recognise D(2nd hdd) as does device manager, no reference to a 2nd drive in the bios I am computer literate, but not too much in the technical know! Many … Hardware storage |
| | OK here's my problem. I have a six month old PC. An Antec SLK1650 BQE case with a 350W power supply. An Asus M2N-E NF 570 Ultra (S-AM2) DDR2 Dualcore. 1024 ram. a GeForce PX7300GS Video card, and an Western Digital 320 gb Hard drive. Today I noticed that there … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Hello, i was hoping someone can help me out in deciding which one of these video cards is better? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150157[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143046#spec[/url] My main concern is which one is better for the price/performance ratio? I've heard the 7800Gs is not much better than the 6800xt, but would like some other opinions … |
| | My Dell 8200will not boot into windows.When I go into setup it says that the hard disk and the cd-rom are not installed. Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to fix it. It is aDell 8200 with 5120Mb Pc 800 RdRam, 80GB EIDE hard drive(7200 RPM),PCI Ethernet … Hardware hard-drive pci-card troubleshoot-hardware |
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